Following in the footsteps of Anishinabek Cannabis entrepreneurs in Alderville and Pikwakanagan, a group of Anishinaabe people involved in the cannabis industry on the north shore of Lake Huron are taking steps to create their own association. The group is holding a one day meeting on August 29th, 2019 in…
Dispensing Freedom
A report on priority areas identified during the Senate Committee's study of the Cannabis Act: Progress Report on Priorities Identified in the Eleventh Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
Chiefs pass resolution for cannabis self-government: The Chiefs of Ontario feel it is up to individual First Nations to decide if they want a cannabis store in their community and also to decide how it will be administered.
RAMA First Nation and MJardin Group Release Designs for Combination Indoor/Greenhouse Cannabis Campus
Today, cannabis presents a new and legitimate economic opportunity. Penalizing Indigenous communities for pursuing it would be unconscionable. Instead, federal and provincial governments must fosters cannabis-related economic development.
First Nations jurisdiction an important tool for development: Both the Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation and the Pheasant Rump Nakota Nation have seized the opportunity and established cannabis dispensaries under the jurisdiction of their First Nations
A legal cannabis grow-op on an Ontario First Nation has been stopped due to community opposition. Chief and council of Neyaashiinigmiing First Nation enacted a temporary bylaw last month restricting an Indigenous cannabis company from operating
Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation is taking steps to ensure that a cannabis project operated by Wiisag does not go forward without proper consultation, legal land leases and an environmental review.
Legal pot sellers cry foul over Tyendinaga shops: A Kingston, Ont., pot grower says competition from unregulated cannabis shops on the nearby First Nation have made it all but impossible for would-be entrepreneurs to compete in the legal marketplace.
Chief says First Nation cannabis shops fall Under treaty law. Police and Cannabis NB disagree.